Started in 1926, Stewartby is also a later model village than Woodlands which was first
planned in 1905.

The town takes its name from the Stewart family, whose famous
son Sir Malcolm Stewart who brought the London Brick Company in the town in the
1920s. The site is due to close in 2008 as the owners, Hanson, cannot meet UK
limits for sulphur dioxide emissions.[2] The
four chimneys remaining were due to be demolished upon closure but
these have since been listed for preservation of Bedfordshire's
brick-related history. and will remain.[3]

At its peak London Brick Company had its own ambulance and fire
crews, a horticultural department and a photographic department, as
well as its own swimming pool inside the factory, and ran a number
of sports clubs.

More than £1 million was spent on Stewartby Brickworks in 2005-7
in an attempt to reduce sulphur dioxide
emissions.

The factory used Lower Oxford Clay, which is made up of 5%
seaweed, formed 150 million years ago when it was on the sea bed.
This removed the need to add coal to the fire, as the organic
material burned.

Stewartby has been home to Stewartby Village Football Club since
1999. Their most famous player is Tom Wheelhouse. With Stewartby
Village FC under the new management of Mike Griffin for the 2009/10
season, starting a new chapter in the Bedfordshire County League
Division 4.

Stewartby is also home to Stewartby Amateur Operatic and
Dramatic Society who have been putting on performances of concerts
and Gilbert and Sullivan operettas in the village hall since
1951.